pylorus

Significado (Inglés)

  1. In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
  2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Conceptos

salida del estómago

piloro

Sinónimos

narrow outlet of stomach

gate of the stomach

Traducciones

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”).

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